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n. 1 the continuous flow of thoughts that makes up an individual's conscious experience 2 a literary device that seeks to describe this process by means of a long, unstructured soliloquy
WordNet
n. a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience
Wikipedia
In literary criticism, stream of consciousness, also known as interior monologue, is a narrative mode or device that depicts the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. The term was coined by William James in 1890 in his The Principles of Psychology, and in 1918 May Sinclair first applied the term stream of consciousness, in a literary context, when discussing Dorothy Richardson's novels.
"Stream of Consciousness" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 7 February 1997, during the third season.
Stream of consciousness may refer to:
- Stream of consciousness (narrative mode), a narrative mode used as a literary, cinematic, theatrical, or lyrical technique
- Stream of consciousness (psychology), in psychology
- stream-of-being, also known as the mindstream, in Buddhism
Stream of consciousness may also refer to:
- Stream of Consciousness (album), an album by Vision Divine
- "Stream of Consciousness" (instrumental), an instrumental song by Dream Theater on their album Train of Thought
- "Stream of Consciousness" (The Outer Limits), an episode of The Outer Limits
- "Stream of Consciousness", the fourth track on heavy metal band Kreator's 1989 album Extreme Aggression
- Streams of Consciousness, a 1977 album by Max Roach and Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim)
"Stream of Consciousness" is a progressive metal song by Dream Theater, appearing on their 2003 album Train of Thought. The song lasts for 11 minutes and 16 seconds. The song appears as the sixth song on the album, as a direct continuation of Vacant.
The song gets its name from an early working title for the album Falling into Infinity, and the parallel between the concepts of "stream of consciousness" and "train of thought". The song Lines in the Sand (from Falling into Infinity) contains the lyrics "In the stream of consciousness, there is a river crying."
The song is a popular inclusion in Dream Theater's live shows and appears on the live album and DVD Live at Budokan.
Stream of Consciousness is a concept album by the Italian progressive power metal band Vision Divine. The album was released in 2004 on Metal Blade Records.
Stream of consciousness refers to the flow of thoughts in the conscious mind. Research studies have shown that we only experience one mental event at a time as a fast-moving mind stream. William James, often considered to be the father of American psychology, first coined the phrase “stream of consciousness". The full range of thoughts - that one can be aware of - can form the content of this stream.
Usage examples of "stream of consciousness".
The so-called stream of consciousness was fairly unilinear, it seemed to Sax on introspection.
But even then her mind pondered on, a stream of consciousness over which she had no control.
The stream of consciousness is then carried over into this life.
Another genre of question intruded into Nicole's stream of consciousness and she suddenly felt slightly disappointed in herself.
He saw clearly what her eyes saw, but only hints of her feelings, and almost none of that stream of consciousness that had maddened him before.
One morning, however, he had stirred sluggishly out of slumber and, in the stream of consciousness that accompanied the never-never land of half-sleep, he felt what a pity it was that Trevize had never been recruited.
Nicole found herself rooted to her chair ~nd helpless as Demi and Naomi began to tear documents from the folders and Mrs McGrotty looked challengingly at her, demanding full attention as she resumed her stream of consciousness.
The words flew from his mouth in rapid, well-practised succession, never faltering, each falling upon the last as part of a stream of consciousness, of understanding.
I said, just doing stream of consciousness without trying to bring any analytical capabilities to bear on it at this point.